The Research On MOU Zong-san's Esthetic Thoughts

In order to criticise and exceed Kant' s esthetics,MOU Zong-san' s created his own esthetic thoughts with Chinese classic philosophy wisdom.He based his esthetic thoughts on "goodness",which is the concept from Chinese ancient Confucianism.According to it' s central meaning,MOU Zong-san arrange his scattered thoughts about esthetics and art toa system."Goodness " is not only the philosophical foundation but the logical starting point of his whole esthetic theories.In recent years,MOU Zong-san' s moral metaphysics,moral ethics and the doctrine about heart and nature have become a research hot in philosophical studies, but the research in esthetic thoughts still remain rare and frail.In connection with the present state,we regarded "MOU Zong-san' sesthetic thoughts" as the main topic in this dissertation.From that on,we hope the research work can inspect the moral esthetic thoughts' status which exist scattered but consistent in whole moral metaphysics,can present the basic essence of esthetic thoughts focally.The research work has two original thinking points:firstly,the dissertation concentrate on MOU Zong-san' s esthetic thoughts independently and the standpoint,train and arrangement of it come from all kinds of materials relevant to the topic.The dissertation attempt to display the topic' s contents and appearance completely and systematically,which need to by means of discussing the occurrence theory,ontology and category theory of moral esthetics.Secondly,the comparison of MOU Zong-san' sesthetic thoughts and Kant' s esthetic thought,of moral esthetics and moral metaphysics are the important part of writing.We need chase the argumentation of his esthetic thoughts in a expansive and distinct circumstance. "goodness" is the kernel concept and main clue of the whole article, which could make the coherence of the dissertation consistently and the rank order of the dissertation clearly.Chapter 1 is "introduction" of the dissertation,which supplies explanations in advance and sets up backgrounds for the research.In this part,we reviews relevant studies both domestic and nong Kong,Taiwan on it,analyzes the necessity and academic value of the topic,summarizes the main thinking train and study method of the dissertation.Chapter 2 outlines the history of the occurrence and development of MOU Zong-san' s esthetic thoughts.On one hand,MOU Zong-san' s esthetic thoughts formed gradually during the processes of translation,critique and judgment on Kant' s esthetics.So the occurrence,development and moral spirit' s outstanding of his esthetic thoughts are influenced by Kant' sviewpoint on esthetics and art.On the other hand,Chinese classic esthetics and Neo-Confucianism' esthetic thoughts have significant influences on him.For example,the "life consciousness" of Chinese classic esthetics and the "life ontology" of XIONG Shi-li were inherited by MOU Zong-san and both of them were transferred to the humanities state and ethical spirits existed in MOU' s esthetic thoughts.Because of this transference,moral and esthetics could harmonize at the point of "life" and "ethics" Esthetics has became the important method to cultivate moralized life and enrich moralized character.Chapter 3 is the "ontology of MOU Zong-san' s esthetic thoughts" Its mission is mainly detailed to investigate the argumentation, structure and theoretic characters of the esthetic thoughts from the metaphysics level,which based on the "goodness" theorem.Firstly,we compare the status of moral spirit in each esthetic thoughts between MOU Zong-san and Kant.Both of them selected "moral" as the leader and goal to personal taste.But it is the difference between their comprehensions to "moral" makes difference styles in each esthetic thoughts.Kant' s train of thought:the main idea of "moral":free will→a pure transcendental postulation of "free will" decide the "inner connection" of esthetics→"sublime" have the prior location to "beauty" emphasizing "transcendental character" on esthetical education.But MOU Zong-san has different trains about this problem:the main idea of "moral ":goodness→the immanent and presentation principle of "goodness" decide the "synthetic unity" of esthetics→"beauty" have more important location than "sublime"→emphasizing "realizing and empirical character" one sthetical education.We can understanding the basic theoretical pursuit through comparison,which is the premises to the whole chapter.Secondly,we must display the structure,essence and value pursuit of the esthetic thoughts.The structure of esthetics can divided into two parts,the phenomena level and thing-in-itself level, and the phenomena level is the "symbol" of the thing-in-itself level. The essence of esthetics is analyzing the dependence and independence of esthetical behavior.Value pursuit of esthetics is talking about the spiritual goal and significance of the thoughts in a whole sight.Chapter 4 exhibits "anintellectual intuition" "the highest good" and "esthetic judgment" these three esthetic categories through a comparison method in concrete and empirical level.Intellectual intuition and beauty experience regard "goodness" as outer spiritual leader,regard "the I that intuits itself" as inner subjective conditions commonly,so that intellectual intuition is a kind of beauty experience in a certain meaning."The highest good " means the transcendental moral ideal has completed.It represents the state that truth,good and beauty have synchronized to a harmony whole.The highest good is not only the idealist state about moral behavior but the perfect state of esthetic behavior because beauty and taste are leaded by moral in MOU Zong-san' s moral metaphysics.He also criticize Kant' s "esthetic judgment" theory and gave some special insights on the substance of beauty.While believing the character of esthetic judgment is "purposiveness" and the principle of esthetic judgment is "reflective",he had the conclusion that the substance of beauty is coherent to good.In a word,the analysis and synthesis on these three esthetic categories are the further enrichment in concretely contents and structures after the moral esthetics fixed on the ontology reasonably.Chapter 5 puts moral esthetic thoughts not only in the background of moral metaphysics to inquire its theoretical significance,but in the connection with present hot study topics and social problems to investigate its realizable significance.At last,with the departure point of dialectics philosophy,we pointed out the theoretical faults and thinking limitations existed inMOU Zong-san' s esthetic thoughts.